Recent sports TV ratings news, including numbers for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on NBC, a slight drop for the BCS title game in Milwaukee, and viewership for the series premiere of Onion SportsDome.
- NBC earned a 1.4 final rating for last Saturday’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl, even with last year, and down 7% from 2009 (1.5). (Sports Business Daily)
- The Auburn/Oregon BCS National Championship Game on ESPN earned an 11.3 rating in the Milwaukee TV market, down 5% from last year’s title game on ABC (ALA/TEX: 11.9). For some perspective, the 2010 World Series averaged a record-low 6.8 in Milwaukee, while the 2010 NBA Finals averaged an 8.3. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
- The series premiere of Comedy Central’s Onion SportsDome earned 1.5 million viewers Tuesday night, topping that night’s 11 PM edition of SportsCenter on ESPN (900,000). (Sports Business Daily)
